Media MonitorSUBSCRIBE 115944 total results. Showing results 50841 to 50860 «253925402541254225432544254525462547Next ›Last » Police chief fired grenade launcher given as gift by Ukraine, Polish media reports POLAND: Polish prosecutors are investigating a “violent release of energy” at the national police headquarters amid media reports that the chief of police fired a grenade launcher in his office. Poland’s interior ministry said on Thursday that Jarosław Szymczyk, the police commander in chief, was injured and taken to hospital when a present he received during a visit to Ukraine exploded at police headquarters in Warsaw. Polish media reported that the present was a grenade launcher and that Szymczyk himself had accidentally fired it in his office, in what would be a serious breach of safety regulations. The Guardian 16/12/2022 News Efforts to tackle serious violence and homicide stepped up Public services will be legally bound to work together to tackle the root causes of violent crime, as government ramps up efforts to further drive down murder rates. Home Office 16/12/2022 News New executive leadership programme to replace strategic command course We’re making changes to how officers and staff progress to senior ranks in the police service. College of Policing 16/12/2022 News Neighbourhood policing week of action 2023 A week celebrating local, community and neighbourhood policing, with opportunities to get involved College of Policing 16/12/2022 News Arresting our way out of poverty: Cost-of-living crisis signals the need for wide criminal justice reform With growing poverty and social exclusion – driven by the UK’s cost-of-living crisis – set to increase low-level crime, anxiety and poor mental health, Revolving Doors Chief Executive Pavan Dhaliwal says that new polling highlights public concern about the potential for a crisis of crime, and believes innovative policing approaches could be the key to criminal justice reform that would protect resources while supporting those who offend onto better lives and desistance. Policing Insight - Subscription at source 16/12/2022 Feature, Opinion Managing Policing Demand for Digital Forensics through Risk Assessment and Prioritization in England and Wales Digital forensic helps to unlock the evidential opportunities presented by digital devices. Ninety per cent of all cases in England and Wales carry a digital element and identifying the devices with the most evidential value is central to dealing effectively and efficiently with the demand for digital forensic (DF) analysis. This article offers an ethnographically informed, empirical analysis of how police requests for in-house DF examinations are organized in 35 forces in England and Wales, and the mechanisms, contexts, and challenges of managing-related internal demand, which have been rarely examined systematically in both policing and DF practitioner literature. The analysis illustrates how an updated understanding of risk and prioritization is needed to address the growing demand for DF analysis. The findings call for updated, systematic approaches that encourage the forecasting of internal policing demand collaboratively and bridge between the operational and the technical sides of investigations. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice 16/12/2022 Research article Examining the interplay of perceived organizational justice and psychological contract breach on police corruption in Nigeria Drawing upon equity and social exchange theories, this study expands police corruption literature by examining how perceived organizational justice (procedural, distributive, interpersonal, and informational justice) interplays with psychological contract breach (PCB) to predict corrupt tendencies among a sample of the Nigerian police. Two hundred and sixty-three police officers participated in the study. Data analysed using moderated regression statistics indicated that PCB was positively associated with corrupt tendencies. Perceived fairness in organizational procedure, distributive system, interpersonal treatment, and information reduced the extent to which PCB relates with corrupt tendencies among police officers. To reduce the effect of PCB on police corruption, the present findings suggest the need for police authorities and relevant stakeholders to always maintain fairness in their managerial procedures and practices as well as how they treat their employees. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice 16/12/2022 Research article First Point of Contact: Can Procedural Justice Be Applied by Emergency Calltakers? Emergency calltakers are the first point of contact for community members requesting police services. In the current period of demands for reform in the criminal justice system, where do these calltakers fit? Prior research indicates that emergency calltakers and dispatchers play a significant role in the criminal justice response, prompting reformers to examine whether justice improvements might be achieved through this group. One area of reform—procedural justice training for emergency calltakers—often applied to direct officer–citizen interactions—has been suggested as a possible avenue for improving the justice system’s legitimacy. Drawing from insights gained through a systematic observation study of police calltakers and dispatchers, this policy analysis raises questions and caveats about applying procedural justice concepts to calltaking. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice - Subscription at source 16/12/2022 Research article Young male fatally shot by B.C. RCMP officer; police watchdog investigating CANADA: A young male in B.C.’s Southern Interior is dead after being shot by a police officer early Wednesday. Global News (Canada) 16/12/2022 News The Toronto Police Association represented her abusers — but not her, veteran officer claims in $30 million complaint CANADA: A Toronto police officer is seeking $30 million in damages from the Toronto Police Association, alleging the officers’ union failed in its duty to represent her over claims she faced “constant” sexual harassment from superiors and association members amid a “poisoned” work environment within Toronto police. Toronto Star (Canada) 16/12/2022 News Police warn online child exploitation on the rise in London, Ont. CANADA: London police are warning the public that online child exploitation in on the rise in the city. CTV News (Canada) 16/12/2022 News Children at risk of ‘preventable abuse’ due to Garda computer backlog REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: A three-year backlog in Garda forensic examinations of computers and devices used to view child sex abuse material (CSAM) risks puts children at risk of “preventable abuse”, the outgoing special rapporteur on child protection has warned. The Irish Times (Republic of Ireland) 16/12/2022 News Lowry calls for review of all Garda operations in early 2023 REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Deputy Michael Lowry has called for a full Review of all Garda Operations in early 2023. He made the call having outlined the growing level of discontent within the Garda Force during Leaders Questions in the Dail on Thursday. Offaly Live 16/12/2022 News Councillor Thomas Walsh calls for more garda resources and vehicles in Sligo REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: Necessary resources and appropriate vehicles must be provided to the Sligo Roads Policing Unit according to Cllr Thomas Walsh. Irish Independent (Republic of Ireland) 16/12/2022 News Concern over number of Gardaí quitting force REPUBLIC OF IRELAND: The GRA says morale among frontline, under-resourced Gardaí is on the floor. It's after Tipperary TD Michael Lowry raised concern in the Dáil over the increasing numbers of officers who've quit the force. Deputy Lowry says he encounters Gardaí who are unhappy, unfulfilled and disillusioned, with many saying they're now under more scrutiny than the criminals. 98FM (Republic of Ireland) 16/12/2022 News SA Police criticised for leaving Aboriginal man’s body uncovered for hours in front of family AUSTRALIA: The body of a man who died shortly after police arrested him was left uncovered in front of his family for nearly four hours – or "far too long" – South Australia's deputy coroner has found. The man was also deprived of medical attention in the minutes before his death. ABC News (Australia) 16/12/2022 News Police forces should be ‘woke’ as it helps them understand the communities they serve Allan Billings: People are ‘woke’ today when they are alert to matters of social injustice, especially racism. Although ‘woke’ in this sense has been around since at least the 1960s, the word only came into most people’s consciousness with the more recent Black Lives Matter movement. Activists called on people to ‘stay woke’. But ‘woke’ has also come to be used in a pejorative sense, if not as a term of abuse – at least by some. People are ‘woke’ if their concern with issues of social justice seems like an obsession, or if their concern is merely apparent, a form of virtue signalling. In September, the Home Secretary told police chiefs to ignore wokery and concentrate on crime. The Yorkshire Post 16/12/2022 Feature, Opinion Inappropriate force used on black mother in Bristol, panel finds An "inappropriate" level of force was used by two police officers on a black mother following a dispute with a bus driver, an independent panel has found. BBC 16/12/2022 News Chief constable warns of ‘hard choices’ still facing force after Scottish budget Police Scotland’s chief constable has warned “hard choices” lie ahead for policing finances despite the improved budget allocation. Police Professional 16/12/2022 News Advisory Panel calls for stronger partnerships on mental health to prevent deaths in and after police custody A new review by the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody has called for closer partnerships between policing, health and other criminal justice agencies to address mental health issues and help to prevent deaths in custody as well as suicides after release from police custody, as Policing Insight Contributing Editor Sarah Gibbons reports. 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